Thanks for the updated post re the gecko you discovered in your garage. Always good to receive feedback on initial posts for assistance. Hope that it does just fine back in the wild, and, unless it truly is ailing or lost, does not reappear in your garage soon!
Elizabeth
Subj: Gecko has been released.(Dmitry Przhedetsky)
Date: 2/7/02 2:31:43 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Elizabeth/Tony,
We just released the gecko. It was surprisingly
agile when jumped out of the bowl and sneaked into a crack in a rock.
I received another e-mail from an Australian reptile expert suggesting it could be Phyllurus platurus and recommending to release it.
I think I was more concerned about his tail that he (the gecko) did. Anyway it should be
certainly better for him in his natural habitat.
Thanks for your help.
Best Regards,
Dmitry.
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Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: Please, help! "Exhausted" Aussie gecko found in Sydney garage two days ago.
Dear Elizabeth/Tony
Thanks very much for your prompt responses. It does look very similar to the one on the photo you sent, but may be it's just that Phyllurus platurus. (I don't have a digital camera, so I can't send a picture to you now.) Only one thing to add is that my lizard has quite spiky dotted skin. It's been hanging upside down for at least last 8 hours, what tells me it did not drink or eat.
I was thinking about letting it go, however it does look sick. I'm really concerned at the moment. I would not like to make it worse.
I even don't have anything to feed it, as it did not touched mango and pawpaw. What type of food could he eat if not insects?
Thanks & Regards,
Dmitry.
